Where does “կիսաշփական” come from?
կիսաշփական (Armenian) comes from Armenian շփական, from Armenian շփել, from Old Armenian շփեմ, from Classical Syriac ܫܦܐ, from Aramaic שׁ־ו־ף.
կիսաշփական (Armenian): affricative
Ancestry of “կիսաշփական”, step by step
կիսաշփական traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Armenian շփական
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | շփական | fricative |
| 2 | Armenian | շփել | to rub; to massage; to splash, to pour out a... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | շփեմ | to rub |
| 4 | Classical Syriac | ܫܦܐ | to rub down or grind against |
| 5 | Aramaic | שׁ־ו־ף | — |
via Armenian կես
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Armenian | կես | half; part; time |
| 2 | Old Armenian | կէս | half; in part |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | kas- | to be small, diminish, lessen |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeḱ- | to see; to look |